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title: "The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe Paperback – November 3, 2009"
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# The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe Paperback – November 3, 2009

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## Customer Reviews

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    Good book on a metaphysical subject
  

*by K***L on Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2020*

Face it. Everything that Smoley writes is good. He is an experienced author and his writing style is above average. I didn't understand every point he made in the book, but he handled the subject very well.The basis of the book, at least as I understood it, was that the backstory of the dice game between Shiva and his consort Parvati provides insights into how the noumenal world affects our daily lives. In the game, no matter what his strategy Shiva (who represents consciousness) always loses to Parvati (who represents experience) and yet in losing he still wins by keeping his own integrity. This leads into an examination of the mystery of consciousness and how it can be understood on a human level even though we can never really understand the "thing in itself" described by Kant.One aspect that I really liked is that the author looks at a lot of different religious perspectives on the subject of consciousness and only very slightly favors christianity, but not in an intrusive way. He doesn't quite stray into actually discussing the idea that consciousness has actually created the universe, but I think that anyone who reads the book who has also done extensive reading in the area of metaphysics could easily allow their mind to drift in that direction - if only because the idea of the akashic records would allow for that notion.If this is the first Smoley book that anyone has read, I'd recommend any of his other books. He is a gifted author and never strays into fanaticism the way other authors sometimes do.

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    Easy access to the complexities of Consciousness
  

*by G***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2009*

It's about time!! Finally, someone, i.e., Richard Smoley, has done an excellent job putting together a book about the very heady topic of consciousness, made accessible for everyone (yet not simplistic), regardless whether one is a novice or journeyman.  From start to finish, Smoley uses easily understandable language to explain various theories of consciousness down through the ages, including questions of how and why, and sums up the essence and what it means to modern man and his world.Throughout the book, there are two intertwined threads, that of discussions from:  1)the world of philosophy (including references to Plato, Kant, and Schopenhauer), and, 2)the world of spirituality -- with detailed explanations from the Samkhya (dualism) and Advaita Vedanta (nondualism) schools of thought, and references to Esoteric Christianity and Buddhism.  Additionally, there are references to science and its stand on issues. I particularly liked the explanation of the myth of the Dice Game of Shiva and Parvati as an explanation of consciousness, nature, and realization.Smoley's presentation is a breath of fresh air -- I have spent years reading books about the details of various topics he brings up and have not come across as clear a presentation as his.

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    Understanding Shiva and Parvati.
  

*by G***. on Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020*

I like that this book kept weaving back to the title.  At times some sections seemed to throw in too many references to digest, but overall the point was made. I found stopping to underline key ideas made it easier to digest than reading like a novel.

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